Sissy spazzed and turn his head into the glass for the faceplant - a product of not growing up playing N.A. hockey.... Don't be throwing looch under the bus. Refs were hyper sensitive b/c of the Pacioertty whining / grandstanding, gave 5 when it should ahve been 2.....This should galvanize Looch, and the whole team, to come back and have a strong game 7 like the 7-0 blitzkrieg earlier in the season.

We all know those types of calls are going to be made and Lucic should have been smarter on that hit. The player had his back to him and like it or not that will be called and Lucic gave momentum back to them and it ended up costing us a game and maybe the series. I hope there is no suspenstion because we need him on the ice, but I do not like a game 7 but that's where we are at and we have the game of their lives coming up. GO BRUINS!!!!!!!!!

In Response to Re: Lucic Call : You gotta be kidding Shupe.Lucic came from in front of Spacek gliding in to finish a check.After releasing the puck and knowing the hit was coming,Spacek turns INTO the boards.It shouldn't even have been a minor. Spacek,like Eller earlier in the game,acted like he'd been shot. So later in the period Plekanec comes from BEHIND Chara and proceeds to drill him in the numbers,faceplanting him into the glass(but that's OK since Plekanec is smaller than Chara).The Bergeron interference on Price was ridiculous especially since it was at least the 5th time a PP got wiped out on a penalty to Boston. That was a pretty frustrating game to watch.Montreal gets both on full 2 minute 5 on 3's and Boston basically controlled the ice for most of the 5 on 5 play.Answer me this Shupe. If you feel the call on the ice was correct, do you think Lucic deserves a suspension(considering he'd be a repeat offender)?Posted by dezaruchi

dez,

I am almost disappointed in you. Easily one of the most logical and knowledgeable ones on here. He glided in fisnihed his check into Spaceks numbers which rammed his head into those unforgiven seemless glass and also drew blood. Did you watch the slow-mo's? His faced smeered against the glass like a bug hitting a windshield. And that isnt a run from behind. I know it was a hard pill to swallow but at least call a spade a spade. Spacek likely hammed it up as well but his head was cut open. Did he do that to himself? I am almost shocked at your post.

And I will answer your question. And I actually will answer the other question 1st. I think Richards deserved a game. I think in these rules Lucic deserves a game

Dez, again, easily one of the most logical people on here. But running someone in the numbers is running someone in the numbers. I didnt like it when Marchand did it. I didnt like it when Richards did it and just b/c Lucic is off limits to most he screwed up. Terrible penalty that likely cost us a game. Along with our brutal PP.

According to Kerry Fraser (former NHL ref. now on TSN), if the player has his back to the on-coming checker and knows a hit is coming (and therefore can put his hands out to protect himself against the boards), the NHL will only rule this a 2 minute boarding/roughing. This is why Richards didn't get a game on the hit on Connelly in the Philly/Buffalo series. So you would argue that Spacek knew Lucic's hit was coming but should've tried to protect himself but didn't. Therefore, accoring to the NHL rule book, Lucic should not have been out for the game,

In Response to Re: Lucic Call : Miraculous recoveries?? were is Pacciorety,were is Markov,were is Gorges,were is Wisniewski and were is Desharnais? the only miracle here was the two overtime win....thanks to Thomas,even if half of the hockey-noobs here want him out...Posted by Kordic

Kordic - Miraculous in the sense that Pacioretty's initial diagnosis was in no way as grave and serious as the Montreal organization led everyone to believe. I'm not doubting that he was injured or making light of his situation as the incident looked serious but to hear some of the reports out of Montreal, it was as if his career was in jeopardy if one were to believe the first reports. I guess that all went out the window once he began to tweet from movie theatres and the Bell Center.

I see a guy turning his back. I watch a lot of Hab games and this is something he's done 4-5 times this season.Fine hit from behind but there are 2 sides to a coin. This guy is a pansy.It's not "Chexican" (for all of you watching CBC feed and Scotiabank)

So why did Cooke get suspended for his actions earlier in the year. Repeat offender? Fraser also said Torres would get 8 plus games for his hit on seabrook. Spacek definitely knew he was coming. But at what point do you hold up? Does the NHL have to wear the stop signs on their jerseys like minor hockey?Posted by shuperman

Agree with you shuperman..it's such a fine line...I just think this is getting out of hand. The players don't know what they can and can't do...You might as well take checking out of the game altogether, because with the size of these players. it's virtually impossible not to put a guys face into the glass.

In Response to Re: Lucic Call : Agree with you shuperman..it's such a fine line...I just think this is getting out of hand. The players don't know what they can and can't do...You might as well take checking out of the game altogether, because with the size of these players. it's virtually impossible not to put a guys face into the glass.Posted by Number4forever

Bingo. I said this earlier as well. Players still dont know what is what. Neither do the refs.

BsL- if he did it 4-5 times earlier in the year and you were aware of this. I suggest you apply for video guy for the Bruins b/c obviously our scouting missed it.

Played hockey my whole life. We were TAUGHT to BURRY guys who turned their backs on you after dumping the puck. The NHL NEEDS to let guys get hit like this WITHOUT penalties to the hitter, penalize them both for 2 minutes (boarding and unsportsmanlike) or take hitting out completely. Theyre trying to take hitting out completely. I have a feeling I will not be an NHL "hockey" fan in the next 5 or so year the way things are going. Lucic should have gotten 2 MAX!

I have been saying this for a while as well. The would be victims need to smarten up. A lot of the euro's especially have been taught to turn in hopes of drawing a penalty. Its frustrating and I am with you. The way the league is going is garbage. Power play this power play that.

I mean the entire head shot rule is completely lost upon the players. It hasnt stopped that for sure and any clean hockey hit is under review. Complete joke

In Response to Re: Lucic Call : Bingo. I said this earlier as well. Players still dont know what is what. Neither do the refs. BsL- if he did it 4-5 times earlier in the year and you were aware of this. I suggest you apply for video guy for the Bruins b/c obviously our scouting missed it. Posted by shuperman

You think I have time to go through his 65 games he played ? get real ! This guy has gone down so many times as if he got shot and gets back up.He did this last year in the playoffs with Washington.Could care less if you believe it or not. I guess you're like more and more divers and pansies just to show you're not bias .

oh and Shupe did the Bruins scouting staff figure out everytime a player rubs Price his head pops backwards as if he got bullets to his head ?Maybe you can shed some light and find some videos of your boy Price.

You finish your check spanky knew this and turned, he used his ketchup packet which his trainer carefully hid and escorted him off the ice on the way to the morgue, oh wait it was his 15 mins in the quiet room, oh wait it was to the room to wipe off his ketchup and return to the game after laughing his head off.

The refs must be kicking themselves now, when seeing this play and the return of spanky. No wait, he was on the ice and was one of the scabs running interference on Kell, and lo and behold it is Kell that takes the penalty. Yes it was a penalty, but spac's was as well.

After the quick whistle goal, it was the same as the first game the B's played after Z ate the pacman, nothing good was going to come from the game.

Hopefully game 7 is going to be the same as the following game and the B's take back their game.

Played hockey my whole life. We were TAUGHT to BURRY guys who turned their backs on you after dumping the puck. The NHL NEEDS to let guys get hit like this WITHOUT penalties to the hitter, penalize them both for 2 minutes (boarding and unsportsmanlike) or take hitting out completely. Theyre trying to take hitting out completely. I have a feeling I will not be an NHL "hockey" fan in the next 5 or so year the way things are going. Lucic should have gotten 2 MAX!Posted by bigvig

Sorry, I played my whole life as well, starting in the 60's, and no coach at any level teaches a player to hit from behind. Assuming you were trying to spell "bury" there is no responsible coach in any league that says to bury a player from behind, if he turns into it. Thats just stupid.

Any ref in any league would call it checking from behind (USA) or Boarding (everywhere else).

It certainly didnt warrant a major and shame on the ref's for getting played by another Fake injury by another Canadien at the Bell, but it was clearly a penalty.

spacek turned away and lucic was finishing his check - he turned right into the glass and got splattered. lucic was at the point of no return and it was spacek's fault for putting himself in a vulnerable position2 mins tops, as there was blood - given the fact there were 2 FUL 5-3 PPs for the scabs the bruins win this game 1-0 as they were the better team.

yes we got the royal shaft in regards to the penalties. But if this PP doesnt wake up we are not going far. I thought we did a great job on both 5-3 for whats its worth. I also thought TT played a great game and kept us in it. I thought Seids and Chara played very well. I thought Marchand played well.

Played hockey my whole life. We were TAUGHT to BURRY guys who turned their backs on you after dumping the puck. The NHL NEEDS to let guys get hit like this WITHOUT penalties to the hitter, penalize them both for 2 minutes (boarding and unsportsmanlike) or take hitting out completely. Theyre trying to take hitting out completely. I have a feeling I will not be an NHL "hockey" fan in the next 5 or so year the way things are going. Lucic should have gotten 2 MAX!Posted by bigvig

Thank you. Spacek fault he turned to the boards with Lucic coming. He saw Lucic. He could have easily dumped the puck without turning to absorb that hit. I wouldn't have called a penalty in the first place to be honest. What makes me angry about it is the refs waited to see what was going on with spacek to make the call. There'd be no blood if that guy didn't have a visor.

In Response to Re: Lucic Call : I JUST WATCHED IT AND IT'S EVEN MORE OF A BAD CALL THAN I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. YOU KNOW NADA.Posted by CafardoSaysTradeBrady

Hit from behind. I don't care that its everyones boy. Lucic hit him from behind. I already stated that the victims need to be more in control of their actions as well. Funny that people were calling Richards a dirty rat for his hit but when Lucic does a hit in the numbers its the victims fault. Homerness at its best. A spade is a spade whether you wanna believe it or not. OR we start blaming the victims for everything. Savy is to blame. Not Cooke. Savy put himself in a bad position and should get a penalty. He should have known Cooke is a piece of garbage and was going to hit him.

Give it a rest people. Lucic is human and will make mistakes. Bad penalty.